A group called “Hasm Movement” claimed responsibility for the killing of a low-ranking police officer in Cairo’s southern city of 6 October on Thursday, Youm7 reported.
Salah Mohamed, the policeman, was killed in his car on way to work in a police station in the 6 October City on Thursday afternoon.
The group has published pictures of the killing on its Facebook page.
It also claimed responsibility for the attempted assassination of Egypt’s former Mufti Ali Gomaa that took place last month before the religious cleric gives Friday sermon.
Egypt has witnessed a significant rise in militancy since the military-backed ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in July 2013 following mass protests against his rule. According to the Interior Ministry, militant attacks have killed more than 500 security personnel since then.
